The Town of Cary has evaluated options for extending Trinity Road 1.25 miles from Cary Towne Boulevard past SAS Soccer Park to N.C. 54/Chapel Hill Road. Alignment alternatives included different ways to cross East Chatham Street and the railroad tracks beside it.

Plans require state Department of Transportation approval. The Town also consulted with railroad representatives, Triangle Transit Authority, and with owners of businesses near the railroad crossing.

Construction is scheduled to begin on August 20, 2007, and take about 2 years to complete. CC Mangum is the contractor. This project will require periodic lane closures and traffic shifts along Cary Towne Boulevard through the duration of construction.

Details

The Town has scaled back the current project to a short segment (less than a quarter mile) at the Cary Towne Boulevard intersection.

The 1,200-foot segment (known as DOT Alternate 3) will stop short of Walnut Creek, well below the soccer park and East Chatham Street. Right-of-way will be protected for future extension through the soccer park.

Schedule

Complete plans	Summer 2005
Begin construction	Summer 2007
Complete construction	Summer 2009

Factors in Project Scale-Back

• Uncertainty of funding for total (1.25-mile) project, although sufficient money available for scaled-back portion
• Concern of nearby businesses about bridge over East Chatham Street and railroad tracks
• State transportation officials' denial of at-grade crossing for East Chatham and railroad tracks as part of Trinity Road extension

Construction at the Cary Towne Boulevard intersection will meet state transportation guidelines for median crossover spacing. These guidelines could have grown more restrictive if the Town had decided to wait on the intersection.

Subsequent extension of Trinity Road beyond the 1,200-foot segment may be approved as future development occurs and traffic studies show the need.

Read a report with the original alignment alternatives, options that state Department of Transportation would allow, and what the Town Council approved. See maps showing the alignment alternatives.

Cost

Construction estimate - $1,700,000

Town Budget - $2.4 million (originally for design and right-of-way only of full-scale project)

Contact

Russ Overton, P.E.
Town of Cary
Engineering Department
P.O. Box 8005
Cary, NC 27512-8005
(919) 469-4036
russ.overton@townofcary.org